"Increasingly easy access to fast Internet connections has created a couple of needs that we would have considered excessive for the home user just a year ago. If you subscribe to a DSL or cable service, you're online whenever your computer is on. In the absence of a firewall, you are also vulnerable to attack whenever your computer is on. In addition, multiple computer households and home networks are becoming more common. If you have two or more computers networked together, you probably want to take advantage of the wider pipe DSL and cable provide and share that fast connection. Until recently, the cheapest and easiest ways for home users to build a firewall and share their Internet connections were software solutions. Recently, several hardware solutions have popped up which combine in one small box firewall protection as well as Internet sharing and network switch capabilities. SMC Networks was kind enough to send us their broadband router, the Barricade. "

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